I made a bad mistake during the cross-country run that day. During the trial run I had the Saturday before, I took a wrong turn near the end of the route, but I didn’t realise and no one else did either (because I was quite far behind). But the distance was around the same anyway. On the actual day, I took the wrong turn again because I thought the people in front of me were doing cool-down jog or something like that, so I insisted on my route, and none of the marshals stopped me when I turned. So I ran all the way and realised I took the wrong turn only when I ran up to a barricade which was leading to the finishing line. I was really panicking by then and I decided to run along the barricade toward the finishing line to see if there was any official I could talk to. I didn’t dare to turn back in case I got disqualified or something. But no, there was no official along the barricade, except for the finishing line, and it would be weird if I ended up there. So I had to run out again and run back in the legitimate way. Ah sigh.. What a run.

Anyway, all the training the past few weeks has motivated me to lead healthier lifestyle – by exercising more. I realised how bad my fitness level was when I started training and it was a good wake up call.

TOK presentation next Tuesday. I should go off to do some work now.